Poem by Poe Sells for $300,000
Auctioneers expected $20,000
An original manuscript of a poem written by Edgar Allan Poe has sold for $300,000 at an auction in Massachusetts.
The Standard Times of New Bedford reports that the handwritten poem with Poe's signature was purchased Saturday in Marion, about 50 miles south of Boston, by a collector who was given 10 days to verify its authenticity.
